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†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†
~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~
^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ELVES LIVE  IN THE LAND ~ ~  ~ ~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~ ~  ~ ~  BEYOND THE GREAT DAM. ~ ~ ~  ~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~  IT  WAS BUILT IN THE LATE SIXTIES.  ~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~ ~ ~ THE ELVES  CAME TO US THEN. ~  ~ ~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~
†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†
§†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†§
$§†~^¨¨¨¨¨ THEY  WERE  VERY  MANIPULATIVE,  AND  WE ¨¨¨¨¨^~†§$
¤$§†~^¨¨¨¨ CAME TO TRUST THEM. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~  US ¨¨¨¨^~†§$¤
@¤$§†~^¨¨¨ KIDS WOULD  PLAY  DOWN AT THE WATER EVEN ¨¨¨^~†§$¤@
#@¤$§†~^¨¨ THOUGH WE WERE NOT ALLOWED.  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨¨^~†§$¤@#
##@¤$§†~^¨ ~  ~ SOMETIMES  THE  SLUICE WOULD  CLOSE ¨^~†§$¤@##
#@¤$§†~^¨¨ ENTIRELY, AND  THE  RIVER  AT  THE  DAMS ¨¨^~†§$¤@#
@¤$§†~^¨¨¨ FOOT  WOULD DRY  UP, REVEALING THE ROCKY ¨¨¨^~†§$¤@
¤$§†~^¨¨¨¨ WATER   GARDEN  THAT  HAD   BEEN  HIDDEN ¨¨¨¨^~†§$¤
$§†~^¨¨¨¨¨ BENEATH, AND WE WOULD GO THERE. ~ ~ ~  ~ ¨¨¨¨¨^~†§$
§†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~ ~  ~  ~ BEFORE THE DAM  OPENED  AGAIN, ¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†§
†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ THERE WOULD BE A  SIGNAL, BUT  THE ELVES ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†
~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ WOULD  MAKE US NOT HEAR IT, AND SUDDENLY ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~
^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ WE WOULD FIND  THE WATER RISING, ALREADY ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ AT OUR KNEES. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~  ~ ~ ~  ~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^
~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~ BY  THEN THE  ELVES WOULD BE  GONE.  ~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~
†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†
§†~^¨¨¨¨¨¨ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~  ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ¨¨¨¨¨¨^~†§
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